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TAP VALVE FDR BABRELS. No. 387.802. Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

WITNESSES: iNVENTORS C l m 4/7044 A ZQ W, $644M Y ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT @rrrcn,

PATRICK l MURRAY AND JERRY F. COONEY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

TAP-VALVE FOR BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,802, dated August 14, 1888.

Application filed April 21, 1888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PATRICK F. MURRAY and JERRY F. COONEY, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements n Tap-Valves for Barrels, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to the class of tapvalves which are hinged to a plate secured to the interior of the barrel and swing inward, so as to allow the valve to be opened by the driving of the faucet into the tap-hole.

The object of our invention is to provide a tap-valve which shall be strong, durable, efficient, and free from liability of leakage and shall also open more quickly, so as to prevent it from pressing against the side of the strainertube, which projects from the inner end of a certain class of faucets; and to that end our invention consists in the improved construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is an inner face view of that portion of the head of the barrel to which the tap-valve is applied. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line at m, Fig. 1, showing the valve in its closed position. Fig. 3 is a transverse section showing the valve in its open position, and Fig. at is a detached outer end view of the valve.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents a wooden barrel or cask, and a the tap-hole thereof. Into this tap hole, from the inner side of the head of the barrel, we screw thebushing I), which is screw-threa ded externally for that purpose, and is formed at its inner end with a collar, 0, by which it rests against the inner side of the barrel-head and is also formed with perforated cars (l d on said collar. The collar is provided in its circumference with notches n n for the application of a spanner by which to screw the bushing into the bung-hole, as aforesaid. On the ears d d is hinged in the usual manner the valve 1;, which is held normally in its closed position by a spring, 0, coiled around the spindle or Serial No. 271,403. (No model.)

hinge-pin f of the valve and formed with a central loop, Z, by which said spring bears on the back of the valve.

The valve is provided with the usual leather facing, h, which is secured thereto by a metal washer, i, placed on the said facing and fastened by a screw passing through the washer and entering the valve. It will be observed that by the screw-hold of the bushing on the interior of the bung-hole, with the collar of the bushing resting against the inner side of the head of the barrel, the valve 12 is provided with a very strong support, which enables the valve to easily resist the strain it is subjected to when driving the faucet into the bushing and against the valve. The usual packing around the collar is or can be dispensed with.

In order to cause the valve to open more quickly when driving the faucet into the bushing we hinge to the same side of the bushing to which the valve is hinged and at a point some distance from the hinge of the valve toward the outer end of the bushing a lever, t, which reaches across the bushing and has its free end lying in a notch, a, in the opposite side of the bushing.

In driving the faucet F into bushing b the inner end of the faucet strikes the lever t and causes the same to press with its free end against the valve and crowd the same inward from its seat on the collar 0. movement the free end of said lever slides toward the hinged side of the valve and thus accelerates the movement of the valve and prevents the same from pressing on the strainertube 0, projecting from the inner end of the faucet, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

We do not claim, broadly, a spring-seated valve hinged to a collar on the inside of the barrel, as we are aware that the same is not new; but

What we do claim as our invention is- 1. In combination with the hinged valve and its support on the barrel, a lever hinged to said support at the same side to which the valve is hinged and at a point some distance from the hinge of the valve outward and bearing with its free end on the valve, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

The combination of the bushing 2), formed During this with the collar 0 and ears d d and provided nesses, atSyracuse, in the county of Onondaga, with the notch u, the valve 11, hinged to said in the State of New York, this 16th day of 10 ears, the spring e, pressing the valve to its April, 1888.

seat, and the lever t, pivoted to the bushing PATRICK F. MURRAY. [L. s.] and having its free end lying in the aforesaid JERRY F. COONEY. [L. s.] notch, substantially as described and shown. Witnesses:

In testimony whereof we have hereunto C. H.DUELL,

signed our names, in the presence of two Wit- MARK W. DEWEY. 

